TGE Index Investment Report - Q4 & Year-End 2020
Now & Next is a feature written by the ExchangeWire Research team. Every four weeks, we review the latest research, provide impartial insight and analysis of current trends, and provide predictions for the future of advertising and marketing technology. This feature [...]
Games grew 4% in 2019 to USD$120.1bn (£91.8bn); Razer applies for Digital Full Bank License
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Games grew 4% in 2019 to USD$120.1bn (£91.8bn); Razer applies for Digital Full Bank License in Singapore; and Xiaomi set to invest CNY¥50bn (£5.5bn) in AI, [...]
Team17 Acquires Yippee Entertainment; Worldwide Christmas App Spend Tops USD$277m (£209.6m); Nexon Sell off Gloops For JPN¥1 (£0.007)
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Team17 picks up Yippee Entertainment; Worldwide Christmas spend on apps tops USD$277m (£209.6m); and Nexon sells off mobile development subsidiary for JPN¥1 (£0.007). Team17 picks up Yippee [...]
Typhoon Studios Joins Google's Stadia Games and Entertainment; Tencent-Backed Global Esports Federation Founded
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Typhoon Studios joins Google's Stadia Games and Entertainment; Tencent-backed Global Esports Federation founded; and Twitch Fortnite viewership dips 28% in 2019. Typhoon Studios joins Google's Stadia Games [...]
Facebook Acquires Cloud Gaming Outfit PlayGiga; Bidstack Secures £10m Agency Trade Deal
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Facebook acquires cloud gaming outfit PlayGiga; Bidstack secures £10m Agency Trade Deal; and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare clears USD$1bn (£776.4m) in sales Facebook acquires cloud gaming [...]
Amazon Web Services' Eric Morales on Enabling Creativity Through the Cloud
In recent years Amazon has continued to expand its Game Tech offering, providing numerous tools and services from within the cloud, covering back-end services, analytics, monetisation and game development itself. And according to Eric Morales, Games Industry Segment Leader, EMEA for [...]
Embracing the Female Gaming Revolution
In our latest guest post Vanessa Goff-Yu, marketing director at in-game advertising platform Bidstack, takes an optimistic look at the sizeable female gamer demographics, the rise of the strong female game character, and the role brands can play in aiding [...]
Adobe acquires Facebook's Medium; Epic Game Store enables third-party in-game purchasing
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Adobe acquires Facebook's VR sculpting tool Medium; Epic Game Store enables third-parties to offer in-game purchases; Bethesda puts The Elder Scrolls Legends development on hold. Adobe acquires [...]
Qualcomm and Niantic Collaborating on New AR Glasses; Wildlife Studios Raises USD$60m (£45.7m)
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: Qualcomm and Niantic collaborating on new AR glasses; Wildlife Studios raises USD$60m (£45.7m) for mobile portfolio; Gameloft closes UK studio. Qualcomm and Niantic collaborating on new AR [...]
Building a UA Strategy Around 'Affinity'
In this guest post by the CEO of the mobile game insights and market data specialist GameRefinery, Markus Ramark considers a new way to build your targeting, and looks at why understanding player 'affinity' with given games might unlock new [...]
2.4m Backers See Star Citizen Raise USD$250m (£193m); Cloud Dev Outfit Area28 Secures USD$2.15m (£1.6m) Seed Fund
TheGamingEconomy Daily Digest brings you the trending business stories in gaming. In today’s edition: 2.4m backers see Star Citizen crowdfund USD$250m (£193m); Cloud dev outfit Area28 secures USD$2.15m (£1.6m); Yogscast game stream raises £1m for charity in under two days. 2.4m [...]
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